[Magdalen] First day of school.

[Jay Weigel]

Actually, I taught *all* my kids to do laundry when I went to work. My late
ex started doing his own laundry when I had 3 kids to keep up with, his
reasoning being that he had a dirty job and so did I. I was grateful for
that.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I taught my boys to do laundry and cook simple stuff. Uncle Sam taught son
> #2 to iron and sew on buttons. I offered to teach my daughter how to sew,
> and later to pay for sewing lessons. She didn't want to. Now she is wanting
> to learn, and I (and the sewing machine) are 6 hours away.
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Back in the day (I forgot which one) there was such a thing as the Betty
>> Crocker Search for Home Leadership Award. It was a big deal in the 1970s.
>> I
>> signed up to take it...the only boy in the high school to do so. Much to
>> my
>> surprise, I won the darned thing.
>>
>> Fast forward 30-some years and I'm dating this Tish woman.  She won the
>> award, same year as me, at her high school in Winterset, Ia.
>>
>> I'm eternally grateful for parents who taught me to cook and mend!
>>
>> Grace and peace,
>> brud
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:04 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I am currently using space at Brookline High School (evening
>> > studio). Very convenient, since the building, once the Trade
>> > School Division, is now an arts building, so it's already set
>> > up with big tables, big windows, easels, sinks, etc.
>> >
>> > Classes posted in the front vestibule include culinary arts,
>> > fibre arts, mechanical drawing (both with pencils and computers),
>> > woodworking, etc. So home ec still exists, although it's called
>> > something else.
>> >
>> > The students' drawings, taped & tacked to the walls, are just
>> > wonderful, BTW,
>> > -M
>> >
>> > PS: I hated Home Ec. Learned to knit, sew & cook at home and
>> > found the classroom teacher a patronizing PITA
>> >
>> >
>> > On Friday, August 7, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Home Ec
>> > >
>> >
>>
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